Time names “The Protester” 2011 Person of the Year
《時代雜誌》：「抗議者」為二○一一年度風雲人物

Loukanikos, Athens’ “riot dog,” stands among protesters near the parliament in the center of Athens in May, 2010. The Athens stray dog, which has become an unofficial mascot of city protests and an online sensation, reaped another accolade by featuring in Time magazine’s Person of the Year award on Dec. 21.名為Loukanikos的雅典「暴動犬」，二○一○年五月在雅典市中心國會大廈附近，站在抗議人群中。這隻流浪狗已成了該城市抗議活動中非官方的吉祥物，並且造成網路轟動，十二月二十一日被《時代雜誌》封為「年度風雲人物」之一。

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From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, “The Protester” was named Time magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year on Dec. 21.

Time defines the Person of the Year as someone who, for better or for worse, influences the events of the year.

“Is there a global tipping point for frustration? Everywhere, it seems, people said they’d had enough,” Time Editor Rick Stengel said in a statement.

“They dissented; they demanded; they did not despair, even when the answers came back in a cloud of tear gas or a hail of bullets. They literally embodied the idea that individual action can bring collective, colossal change,” he said.

On almost every continent, 2011 has seen an almost unprecedented rise in both peaceful and sometimes violent unrest and dissent.

Protesters in a lengthening list of countries including Israel, India, Chile, China, Britain, Spain and now the US all increasingly link their actions explicitly to the popular revolutions that have shaken up the Middle East.